football super game Larsen to update 2024 activities and expectations for 2025 ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSE: VHC) today announced it will webcast a special company update with CEO Kendall Larsen on December 10, 2024 at 9 a.m. PST . The update will provide a status of the company's activities in 2024 and preview where the company is headed in 2025 and beyond. The company update with Kendall Larsen will be webcast at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2728/51705 EVENT DETAILS: About VirnetX VirnetX Holding Corporation is an Internet security software and technology company with an industry-leading, patented technology for Zero Trust Network Access ("ZTNA") based secure network communications. VirnetX's team includes experts on technologies related to hiding, securing, and transporting critical communications data, using advanced cryptography, PKI, block chain, and more, between sub-system components and mission tools, capabilities, and applications for secure end-to-end communications. VirnetX's software and technology solutions, including its Secure Domain Name Registry and Technology, VirnetX OneTM, VirnetX War RoomTM, and VirnetX MatrixTM, are designed to be device and location independent, and enable a secure real-time communication environment for all types of enterprise applications, services, and critical infrastructures. For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com . Investor Relations VirnetX Holding Corporation 415.505.0456 ir@virnetx.com View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virnetx-to-webcast-company-update-with-ceo-kendall-larsen-302313564.html SOURCE VirnetX Holding Corp.

Published 4:23 pm Tuesday, November 26, 2024 By Jim Gazzolo He may not be the sexiest pick, but Tony Pecoraro looks good to many people who play for him. On Monday, Pecararo was named the McNeese State interim football coach after Gary Goff was fired after three seasons leading the Cowboys. “Coach Pec” as he is known to his players, came to McNeese with Goff as defensive coordinator and is currently guiding the remaining staff through a transition period that includes heavy recruiting. It is not an easy time. “It is definitely a strange period,” Pecoraro said. “We have a lot going on right now and you have to worry about players, families, and everything. I just want to do the best job I can for the program and the players and we will see what happens.” While few at the time thought he might be a candidate for the job long-term, those who know him best think the veteran college coach would be a perfect fit as the next Cowboy leader. All-American linebacker Micah Davey and others took to social media to make their views public. Davey wrote on the planform X “Perfect fit is on the staff” Monday after the team was informed of the change. He was not alone as other members of the defense followed the junior’s lead. Keeping Davey and others is a big need for McNeese, which improved by six wins this season but not enough to keep the head coach. “Sure that makes me feel good, I love my players and I love this school,” Pecoraro said. “My family loves it here and this place has been great to us. “But what matters most is we do the best thing for the program while we are here. We have to get back to work, it’s all we can do.” Pecoraro’s defense had a major part in turning around the Cowboys this season, as they went from 0-10 in 2023 to 6-6 this fall. That was despite injuries to Davey and other key players. “I’m proud with what we have done this season and with what we had to go through adversity-wise,” Pecoraro said. “It was a long year and I was hoping we had done enough to get another season together. But it is a business and I understand that and now we have to be professional and finish up this semester and this season the right way.” Pecoraro said he is hoping to interview for the top job but would love to stay on even if Athletic Director Heath Schroyer goes in a different direction. “Sure, I would love the opportunity to be the next head coach, I feel I am ready for that,” Pecoraro said. “It’s not my decision though, that is up to others. The good news for us is that we have a lot of experience up here and most of us have been through this before. “What makes it tough is you are dealing with families and the holidays. That always adds to the pressures but it’s the nature of the business.” When reached for comment Schroyer said he is expecting to move quickly on finding a new coach and that he would likely give Pecoraro an interview soon. Pecoraro came to McNeese in 2022 after spending the 2021 season at South Alabama and has had stops at Kansas, Florida Atlantic, Southern Mississippi, Alcorn State, North Alabama, Webber International, and Florida State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. Twice during his time at Southern Mississippi, his defenses finished in the Top 20 nationally. After all sorts of issues in 2023, Pecoraro changed up his defense and turned it into a solid group that was much more aggressive and attacking. Right now Pecoraro is concentrating on the job at hand, keeping the Cowboys on their upward track. That means retaining the roster as best he can with the transfer portal opening up Dec. 9. “We have a good amount of talent on this roster right now that we have to try as best we can to retain,” Pecoraro said. “No matter what happens, it is important that McNeese keeps this group together and doesn’t start over once again. “What we need to do now is make sure we keep what we have and add what we need to keep moving forward and get to nine wins and championships in the future.” That is a future Pecararo would love to be a part of.DRIVING THOUGHTS During the holidays, try camping. Drive out of the city and stay overnight, not in a resort, but at a campsite with basic amenities that will likely be inconvenient and uncomfortable to most people. The rewards are many, some intangible, but will give you a different kind of joy. The first reward is the physical and mental company of family, or good friends. Most camps have limited internet signal, or none at all. And setting up one’s campsite requires full attention without mobile phones and gadgets. The second reward is nature – clean air, magnificent panorama of mountains, forests and rivers, too. Many campsites are located along a river offering the city dweller the rare chance to wade, or swim, or just watch the tide flow. The third is unpredictable weather. You start setting up the tents when the sun is high, take a rest when the afternoon breeze blows, and perhaps have dinner under a million stars – or under the tent, with the sound of rain and wind. The grand reward is real conversation, something that’s missing in the lives of many people nowadays who only have exchange of messages on group chats and social media. I’ve written several stories about car camping because I have experienced how its many rewards have enriched my life, especially boosting my level of fitness. Car camping has become a form of leisure activity after many discovered the simple joy of being with nature and away from the crowds during the pandemic. It is different from the camping scenario of many years ago when camping came with hiking and a tent was one of the essentials one carried in a backpack. Having a car to go camping quickly enhanced its popularity. The requirement of carrying a backpack with a tent limited the followers of car camping to the young and adventurous only. When the weekend comes, you will recognize the car campers on the road with gear like roof top tents and awnings marking their vehicles. You’ll see more of them along the Marilaque Highway, NLEX or SLEX on their way to campsites that have now literally blossomed along a river, a forest, or atop a hill. Last weekend, I was out camping for three days with the Senior Car Campers Plus, a group that marked its second anniversary last September. As a member, I am able to view camping plans for the weekend, as well as updates on good campsites, helpful staff, clean restrooms, and unique views of a sunrise, sunset, or simply of the morning fog veiling the mountainside. We were at our favorite River Ranch Camp in Tanay. We so love River Ranch, we “adopted” its owner, Justin Lim, as our “apo.” From the constant exchange, I am amazed at the energy of the senior campers. Aside from official group camping dates which are usually bimonthly, many members go camping three times a month – rain or shine! Being with this group is not only fun – it is therapeutic or good for one’s health. Mostly couples who are retirees, or seniors still working on businesses or as professionals, these people present what to me is the “good life.” Adventure runs thick in their veins. To them, a river is not the end of the road, it is a body of water to cross with their vehicles. When giving directions to a campsite they’ve visited, they refer to distance as “after three or four or five river crossing” and remark on how low or high the water can be when it rains. It does not sound like a big deal to them, even to those who are driving sedans. Someone in the group always comes ready with a winch and recovery boards to help a vehicle stuck in soft earth and water. Ready-to-eat food or food cooked from home is not all that they bring along. Most of them have functioning campsite kitchens, including car refrigerators. With that, don’t be surprised to see albondigas soup, gambas with plump shrimps, or a regional delicacy on the table – all cooked from a campsite kitchen! And wow, you should see those kitchens! Many of their vehicles have been retrofitted to have neat functioning kitchens, a bedroom, and even a patio to watch the day go by. And because it’s Christmas, fairy lights, Christmas trees and lanterns were there too. When it was time to sleep – which is after a long exchange of good night – they retired to comfortable bedrooms by camping standards. Folding cots, air mattresses, blankets, rechargeable fans with power to last through the night, and night lights make the tent comfortable enough to give them a good night’s rest. In the morning, the aroma of coffee wafts in the air. Invitations to get coffee from this tent or that come. I always respond to such hospitality because I only bring 3-in-one coffee. And heating water means opening my camp cooker. Last weekend was a special camping treat. The senior campers celebrated Christmas, singing and dancing to the music of the seventies. We were celebrating life as all of us have lived through many good days and bad days – and have sent children to school, attended their weddings, and now shower their children with love. And now, we are making time to go camping. Being a senior citizen, or retirement, does not mean staying home. 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Umahi meets COAS, assures accelerated road infrastructure overhaulThe Minnesota Twins have reportedly agreed to a new deal with one of their top bullpen arms, at least on paper. On Friday, KSTP Sports' Darren "Doogie" Wolfson reported that the Twins and relief pitcher Brock Stewart agreed to a one-year contract worth $870,000, with up to $30,000 in incentives. The agreement allows both sides to avoid arbitration. Follow Inside the Twins on Facebook Hear Brock Stewart, #MNTwins agree at $870K. Can earn an additional $30K in incentives. Stewart, 33, has been fantastic the past two seasons when healthy. The problem, like for several other Twins players, is he hasn't been healthy very often. Related: Minnesota Twins add only 2 prospects to 40-man ahead of Rule 5 deadline In 2023, he appeared in 28 games for Minnesota, posting a 0.65 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 27.2 innings, but missed from June 27 through Sept. 25 due to right elbow soreness. This past season, he didn’t allow a run until his 13th appearance and again posted great strikeout numbers but missed 12 weeks with shoulder tendinitis, then missed the rest of the season with a shoulder strain after returning for three rough outings in July. His raw stuff is filthy, pairing a high-90s fastball with a good sweeper, plus a sinker, cutter and changeup to mix in. However, the Twins desperately need him to stay healthy. Related: With pinched payroll, Twins have hardly any offseason spending room On paper, the Twins have an elite bullpen, with Stewart and Jorge Alcala behind Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran. Thanks to health issues and inconsistency, Minnesota's bullpen posted a 4.12 ERA last season, 19th in MLB. The Twins still have several other arbitration-eligible players to negotiate with this offseason. Stewart has two more years of control after 2025. Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. Let me count some of the ways I love Thanksgiving: Because it isn’t very commercialized. Because it doesn’t leave out the lovelorn and the lonely. Because it has an intrinsic honesty: It’s about being grateful. Because it’s about as much extended family as most of us can take: just one day of them. Because the political class generally shuts up. It doesn’t feel necessary to make long atavistic speeches with dubious grandiloquence that no one believes, least of all the speakers. Because you don’t have to receive presents and lie to your close friends and family, “I always wanted a toy pig that burps,” or “Thank you for the lovely necktie. I’m sure they will come back into fashion in a few decades.” Because no flags or bunting appear, and most houses aren’t turned into glaring neon performance art, nor are skeletons hanging from swing sets. Because you don’t have to wear a funny hat and red or green or any other color that signals that you are in the spirit of the event. Because when I worked on the newspapers, I could volunteer and get paid double or better in overtime for a shift on Thanksgiving Day. From my arrival at New York’s Idlewild Airport in 1963, I have been able to luxuriate in America’s bounty and give thanks. It wasn’t always easy being an immigrant, even one of favored language and provenance (British), and it didn’t spare me and my English wife, Doreen, from hard times. We had those. But America remained the mansion on the high ground where, if we were lucky, we could be let in to enjoy the riches of acceptance. My first experience of the United States — and I give thanks for it — was the taxi driver who, when he learned I had hardly any money, gave me a free guided tour of Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn. Finally, he deposited me at an uncompromising address on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, where I was to stay while I found work and before I sent for Doreen, my cherished first wife. It was a walk-up with no air conditioning. My hosts were an English couple in their 70s: Doreen’s aunt and her husband. She helped with newborns in wealthier people’s homes well into her old age. He had worked rather unsuccessfully as an industrial jeweler. They were palpably short of money and hadn’t enjoyed an easy life since arriving in America in 1918. Their story had a fairytale, extraordinary last volume. Out on Long Island, their grandson and granddaughter were growing up with a single mother, also in straitened circumstances. She worked with seedlings in a plant nursery. The grandson was to climb to the apex of achievement, to stun his family and, in time, the world with his talent. This young man and I would swim in Long Island Sound, where we would head for anchored yachts with people partying on board. A decade older than my companion, I always believed that when they looked down on the swimmers, the partiers would invite us aboard for food and drink. It never happened, but we enjoyed our aquatic adventures and social failure. If they had only known! As I said, that young man was destined to win all that his mother and grandparents didn’t have. His name is Billy Joel, the “Piano Man.” He is someone for all in America to be thankful for — proof that in the United States, the last can be first. King is the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for . Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Unionised workers picket home of T&T’s PM over ‘self-serving’ salary hike; calls for electionMadison County Historian December eventsUnion ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, C.R. Patil, Chirag Paswan, K. Ram Mohan Naidu and Jayant Chaudhary, alongside three chief ministers — Devendra Fadnavis, Chandrababu Naidu and Revant Reddy, will join hundreds of government and business leaders from across the globe in Swiss ski resort town Davos next month for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu will also be joined by his son and senior minister in his state Nara Lokesh, while Karnataka 's Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Tamil Nadu Minister TRB Rajaa and Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna will also be there for the five-day annual congregation of the world's rich and powerful, starting January 20, 2025. Actor Bhumi Pednekar, known for films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Badhai Do and Saand Ki Aankh, would also be there. Besides over 50 Presidents and Prime Ministers from across the world, top officials of international organisations like the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, Interpol, NATO, European Central Bank and WTO are also expected to be in Davos for the WEF Annual Meeting 2025. Senior ministers from Pakistan and Bangladesh, including Bangladesh Government's Chief Adviser and head of the interim government Muhammad Yunus would also be present. Mr. Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & IT, also attended the last WEF annual meeting, alongside Smriti Irani and Hardeep Singh Puri from the Union Council of Ministers. This time, Mr. Vaishnaw will be joined by Jal Shakti Minister Patil, Food Processing Industries Minister Paswan, Civil Aviation Minister Naidu and Minister of State for Skill Development and Education Chaudhary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also attended the meeting in the past, but there is no official word so far about his participation in the high-profile summit, for which the main theme this time will be 'collaboration for the intelligent age'. Expected to be attended by nearly 50 heads of state and governments from across the world, the annual meeting would take place against the backdrop of a change of regime in the U.S. and various geopolitical and macroeconomic issues, including the Ukraine war and continuing West Asia crisis. Both Mr. Modi and Donald Trump attended the WEF Annual Meeting in 2018 for the first time as India's Prime Minister and the US President, respectively. While Mr. Modi became Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term earlier this year, Mr. Trump is set to assume office for the second time on January 20, and his return is expected to be among the key topics of discussion at Davos. Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu have been to Davos multiple times, while Telangana Chief Minister Reddy attended the WEF Annual Meeting in January 2024 as well. Besides government leaders and civil society members, the Indian presence would comprise top executives of business conglomerates like Reliance, Tata, Adani, Birla, Bharti, Mahindra, Godrej, Jindal, Bajaj and Vedanta groups. Besides Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, the next-generation leaders from their groups are also expected to be present, while technology leaders, including Salil Parekh of Infosys, Rishad Premji of Wipro, as also Sumant Sinha of ReNew, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm and Adar Poonawalla of Serum Institute are expected in the Swiss Alpine resort town. Geneva-based WEF, which describes itself as an international organisation for public-private cooperation, will convene leaders from government, business and civil society as well as scientific and cultural thinkers for its 55th annual meeting under the theme of 'Collaboration for the Intelligent Age'. According to the WEF, the meeting will serve as a trusted global platform for dialogue and cooperation, bring together a diverse community of stakeholders, seek to connect the dots in an era of complexity and be firmly future-oriented — both in terms of insights and solutions. Several sessions are expected to be attended by Indian leaders, including one on 'India's Economic Blueprint'. As one of the world's fastest-growing major economies, India has been growing at over 8%, and this growth has been buoyed by a focus on promoting local innovation and startups in technology and manufacturing, representing a departure from traditional export-oriented models. The leaders would deliberate how India has capitalised on this new blueprint and to what extent it can continue to drive global growth. According to the WEF, the annual meeting will take place at a time when geo-economic fragmentation, geopolitical polarisation and divisions over values continue to impact countries and communities across the world. At the same time, exponential innovation and deployment around whole sets of inter-connected technologies -- from AI and quantum to energy tech, biotech and health tech — offer an unprecedented opportunity to increase productivity and hence, standards of living. Reviving and reimagining growth is critical to building stronger and more resilient economies, and the meeting would seek to discuss how to avoid an Age of Fragmentation and instead work together on a can-do, people-centred agenda for an Intelligent Age. The global leaders would also deliberate on how to reinvent the muscle of collaborative innovation to get out of the current low-growth, high-debt world economy and address common challenges from climate change to the ethical use of AI. Published - December 28, 2024 05:52 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit economy, business and finance / India / World

Students from ASEAN member countries and Japan were recognised during a prize presentation ceremony for the 2024 ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Video Competition, held during the 17th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting in Singapore recently. Student from Asia Pacific University, Malaysia Yew Choon Yuen was awarded first place with a video titled ‘Inside the Mind of a Hacker: A Cybersecurity Journey’, winning a cash prize of USD2,000. Director of Policy and International Cooperation from National Cyber Security Agency, Malaysia Shariffah Rashidah Syed Othman accepted the award on their behalf. Second place went to Myanmar with the video titled ‘Social Media Safety’, highlighting the dangers of sharing private information online. The video was made by a student from National University of Arts and Culture (Mandalay) Myat Shwe Sin Hmue, who won a cash prize of USD1,500. Third place was awarded to Thailand with the video titled ‘Just Fun’, depicting the risks and impacts of cyberbullying. A cash prize of USD1,000 was awarded to Pongsakorn Saeaueng from The Pattaya Redemptorist Technological College for People with Disabilities. Accepting the award on behalf of the student was Secretary General of National Cyber Security Agency, Thailand Air Vice Marshal Amorn Chomchey. Now in its second year, the competition is an initiative by Cyber Security Brunei (CSB) as Brunei Darussalam is the lead for the joint awareness-raising collaborative activity in the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Cooperation. Member countries each submitted a video made by students to convey cyber safety messages. In September, CSB hosted the judging event attended by representatives from the ASEAN member countries and Japan diplomatic missions who served as judges. The judge from Brunei was a representative from the Brunei Cyber Security Association (BCSA). The judges reviewed all the submitted videos and awarded scores based on the clarity of the cybersecurity message, creativity and quality of the video. All 10 submitted videos were showcased during the 17th ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Policy Meeting in Singapore. Interim Commissioner of CSB Shamsul Bahri bin Haji Kamis presented the awards.Kochi, Dec 28, 2024 In recognition to the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute’s (CMFRI) pivotal role in advancing fisheries science, two of its scientists have been honoured by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) for their exceptional contributions. Established in 1990, NAAS is dedicated to promoting excellence in agricultural sciences, encompassing other areas such as crop and animal husbandry, fisheries, agroforestry, and the agriculture-industry interface. Dr Eldho Varghese, senior Scientist at CMFRI, has been elected as a NAAS Fellow, while Dr T.G. Sumithra has been selected as a NAAS Associate. These prestigious recognitions underline their contributions to agricultural research in their respective domains. NAAS Fellowships are awarded to distinguished scientists from India and abroad for outstanding contributions to agriculture and allied sciences. The Associateship program, introduced to recognise young scientists under 40 years of age working in agriculture-related disciplines in India, highlights emerging talent in the field. Dr Eldho Varghese was honoured for his innovative contributions to statistics, particularly in designing experiments for agricultural and fisheries research. His work includes statistical and ecosystem modelling, fish stock assessment, applying deep learning models in marine fisheries research, and developing computational tools for advanced data analysis. Dr T.G. Sumithra was recognized for her groundbreaking research in fish health and marine microbiology. Her studies focus on the marine fish microbiome, fish diseases, and antimicrobial resistance. Her work has led to the creation of guidelines for responsible antibiotic use in aquaculture and eco-friendly technologies for bioethanol production and sustainable fish waste management. NAAS, a national body devoted to agricultural sciences, serves as a premier platform for agricultural scientists to deliberate on pressing issues in research, education, and extension. It provides policy recommendations to planners and decision-makers while fostering cutting-edge research across diverse fields of agricultural sciences.(Agency)

The Tigers have re-signed right-hander Wilmer Flores and infielder/outfielder Eddys Leonard to minor league deals, reports Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press . Flores will make $1M if he is in the majors while Leonard would get the $760K league minimum. Neither player has any major league experience, but both were on the Tigers’ 40-man roster until recently. Both of them suffered through injury-marred seasons this year before being non-tendered by the Tigers last month. That sent both to free agency without being exposed to waivers but each has now returned in a non-roster capacity. Flores, not to be confused with his older brother of the same name , is a right-handed pitcher who turns 24 in February. He posted some strong numbers as a starting pitcher as he climbed the minor league ladder and got added to the 40-man roster a year ago to prevent him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. That was despite the fact that he struggled late in the 2023 season as his velocity dipped. He was moved into a primary relief role in 2024 but didn’t take to it immediately. As noted by Petzold, he missed over three months due to a shoulder injury, and the numbers weren’t pretty when he was on the mound. He tossed 25 1/3 innings at the Triple-A level, allowing 8.53 earned runs per nine. His 18% strikeout rate was subpar and his 18.8% walk rate disastrous. For Leonard, he was once a Dodger prospect, getting added to that club’s roster ahead of the 2021 Rule 5 draft. He was designated for assignment in the summer of 2023 and flipped to the Tigers for cash. Per Petzold, a left oblique strain put him to the IL early in the year, followed by a right hamstring strain later on. He only got into 67 Triple-A games and hit .263/.326/.455, which amounted to a 101 wRC+. He exhausted his final option year in the process. The Tigers weren’t willing to keep either player on the roster after they struggled in 2024, but they still like both of them enough to bring them back and see if things can get back on track in 2025. Flores gives the pitching staff some non-roster depth while Leonard does the same for most of the rest of the roster. He has experience at all three outfield spots and the three infield positions to the left of first base. This article first appeared on MLB Trade Rumors and was syndicated with permission.INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There's more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football 's first 12-team playoff. Try the more than $115 million that will be spread across the conferences at the end of the season, all depending on who gets in and which teams go the farthest. According to the College Football Playoff website , the 12 teams simply making the bracket earn their conferences $4 million each. Another $4 million goes to conferences whose teams get into the quarterfinals. Then, there's $6 million more for teams that make the semifinals and another $6 million for those who play for the title. Most of this bonanza comes courtesy of ESPN, which is forking over $1.3 billion a year to televise the new postseason. A lot of that money is already earmarked — more goes to the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference than the Big 12 or Atlantic Coast — but a lot is up for grabs in the 11 games that will play out between the opening round on Dec. 20 and the final on Jan. 20. In all, the teams that make the title game will bring $20 million to their conferences, all of which distribute that money, along with billions in TV revenue and other sources, in different ways. In fiscal 2022-23, the Big Ten, for instance, reported revenue of nearly $880 million and distributed about $60.5 million to most of its members. The massive stakes might help explain the unabashed lobbying coming from some corners of the football world, as the tension grows in advance of Sunday's final rankings, which will set the bracket. Earlier this week, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark lit into the selection committee, which doesn't have a single team higher than 15 in the rankings. That does two things: It positions the Big 12 as a one-bid league, and also threatens to makes its champion — either Arizona State or Iowa State — the fifth-best among conference titlists that get automatic bids. Only the top four of those get byes, which could cost the Big 12 a spot in the quarterfinals — or $4 million. “The committee continues to show time and time again that they are paying attention to logos versus resumes,” Yormark said this week, while slamming the idea of teams with two losses in his conference being ranked worse than teams with three in the SEC. The ACC is also staring at a one-bid season with only No. 8 SMU inside the cut line of this week's projected bracket. Miami's loss last week all but bumped the Hurricanes out of the playoffs, a snub that ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said left him “incredibly shocked and disappointed." “As we look ahead to the final rankings, we hope the committee will reconsider and put a deserving Miami in the field," Phillips said in a statement. The lobbying and bickering filters down to the campuses that feel the impact. And, of course, to social media. One of the most entertaining episodes came earlier this week when athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU went back and forth about whose team was more deserving. There are a few stray millions that the selection committee cannot really influence, including a $3 million payment to conferences that make the playoff. 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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. ( NASDAQ:CRWD – Get Free Report ) CAO Anurag Saha sold 2,858 shares of CrowdStrike stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $364.29, for a total value of $1,041,140.82. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 38,201 shares in the company, valued at $13,916,242.29. The trade was a 6.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website . Anurag Saha also recently made the following trade(s): CrowdStrike Stock Down 2.8 % NASDAQ:CRWD opened at $354.99 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.44 billion, a PE ratio of 696.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 19.48 and a beta of 1.11. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $342.36 and a 200-day moving average of $316.22. CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $200.81 and a 52 week high of $398.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.86, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. Hedge Funds Weigh In On CrowdStrike Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of research analysts recently weighed in on CRWD shares. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $360.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on CrowdStrike from $370.00 to $365.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on CrowdStrike from $350.00 to $370.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on CrowdStrike from $375.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, Wedbush set a $330.00 price objective on CrowdStrike in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $364.25. Check Out Our Latest Stock Report on CRWD About CrowdStrike ( Get Free Report ) CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for CrowdStrike Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for CrowdStrike and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown

Nirmala Sitharaman (Agencies photo) NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday advised industry to realign its supply chain factoring in political and strategic considerations to ensure that there was no concentration of risks, a statement that appeared to be aimed at China. "When you talk of supply chains, when you want to restore supply chains to frictionless supply chains, let's not forget, it's not just economics, it's more than that. When we want to de-risk ourselves, when we want to remove certain concentrations, plus one, plus two, what are these theories? They didn't emerge out of inefficiency of economics. They emerged out of economic principles being influenced by political principles. Therefore, we have to build into our own decision making not just economic sense, but also political and strategic sense. "Supply chains will have to be restored, but you would reset it, you would realign it, you will make sure that they are spread so much that no political or geo-political or strategic risks will threaten our well-being," FM said at a CII event. The statement came amid repeated demands from industry to lift restrictions on Chinese investment and visas that came following the outbreak of Covid and the subsequent tension in Ladakh. In fact, the Economic Survey too had made a case for lifting investment curbs. While the border stand-off has eased, business ties have not normalised, and industry players are clamouring for a softer stance despite government's clear emphasis on building a resilient supply chain with other countries and locating production facilities in India through schemes such as production linked incentives. Sitharaman also used the platform to underline the need to check unnecessary expenditure and borrowings. "Responsible economies can't be run with borrowings so large that the next generation and the generation after that have to repay. All this will have to be passed through as taxation... Debt is required but in this coming decade our priority should be to manage the finances and borrow for building assets, borrow for managing better, but it cannot be such borrowings that you leave the next generation worried about how to service it." Besides, she flagged global conflict and inflation as major global concerns. "Inflation is so contagious that nowhere is any country's effort today is completely successful, because beyond its powers are inflation, forces which come in," she said amid conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, which have disrupted supply chains and stoked inflation in several parts of the world. The comments come at a time when central banks in several countries have reduced key policy rates, while RBI has so far maintained a status quo in the wake of higher inflation. "The attempt of both industry & govts everywhere should be to restore global calm and normalcy. There can nowhere be enough justifiable reason for skirmishes or war. The global priority for this decade should be to restore normalcy. They are the main cause for disruptions in supply chain, inflation and other global challenges." Ready to Master Stock Valuation? ET’s Workshop is just around the corner!The New York Sack Exchange documentary director says Mark Gastineau’s confrontation with Brett Favre was ‘unexpected’

Nebraska will be trying to preserve its perfect in-state record when it hosts South Dakota on Wednesday night in a nonconference game in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers (4-1) are 3-0 at home and also won Friday at then-No. 14 Creighton, beating their in-state rivals on the road for the second straight time. But the last time they did that, in 2022, they followed that win with a 16-point loss at Indiana to open Big Ten Conference play. "Believe me, we've addressed a lot of things," Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said. "A lot of people are saying some really positive things. You've got to find a way to put that behind you. I've liked how our team has responded and come back to work after that great win at Creighton." Brice Williams leads the Cornhuskers with 18.2 points per game and was one of five players in double figures against Creighton. Juwan Gary topped the list with 16. South Dakota (6-2) comes to town off a 112-50 home win Monday night over Randall, the third non-Division I school it has beat. The Coyotes' last game against a D1 opponent was Friday at Southern Indiana, resulting in a 92-83 loss. This will be South Dakota's second nonconference game against a Big Ten opponent, after a 96-77 loss at Iowa on Nov. 12. In December, the Coyotes also visit Santa Clara, hovering near the top 100 in KenPom adjusted efficiency, before jumping into Big Sky play. "The schedule is very good and that should help us," third-year South Dakota coach Eric Peterson said before the season. "We have some good nonconference games that should help prepare us for the end of the season." Nebraska has held four of its opponents to 67 or fewer points, with Saint Mary's the only one to top that number in the Cornhuskers' lone loss. Opponents are shooting 38.1 percent this season. South Dakota shot below 40 percent in its two previous games before shooting 62 percent against Randall. Isaac Bruns, who scored 20 to lead South Dakota in the Randall game, paces the Coyotes with 12.9 points per game. --Field Level MediaWere JonBenét Ramsey’s Parents Railroaded?

3 steps to start buying shares with a spare £250Keir Starmer: We will launch a golden era of buildingHollywood actor Eddie Redmayne’s thriller series ‘The Day of the Jackal’ has been renewed for season 2 at Peacock and Sky. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu- Click Here Directed by Brian Kirk, the modern-day retelling of Frederick Forsyth’s same-titled novel ‘The Day of The Jackal’, which was previously adapted into the acclaimed political thriller back in 1973, stars Redmayne along with Lashana Lynch and Úrsula Corberó. The show tells the story of the titular character Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), a contract killer “who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.” “But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch), who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake,” as per the show’s synopsis. The first season of ‘The Day of the Jackal’ began streaming on November 14 and proved a commercial success. Apart from starring in the titular role, the Hollywood actor also serves as an executive producer on ‘The Day of the Jackal’ along with writer Ronan Bennett and Brian Kirk. The cast of the show also includes Charles Dance, Richard Dormer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Lia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Nick Blood, Sule Rimi and Florisa Kamara. Eddie Redmayne was compared with the iconic 007 agent James Bond following his portrayal of a contact killer in ‘The Day of the Jackal’. Responding to the comparison, the Hollywood star said that he was ‘flattered’ to be mentioned alongside, however, the tuxedo-clad agent role is not what he would personally consider to do in his career. “Whenever anyone brings out the James Bond thing, it’s deeply flattering, but I love watching the Bond movies, and I don’t want to see me in the Bond movies,” Redmayne said at the London premiere of the series. “I want to see someone else in the Bond movies.”Here’s a look at the injury report for the Atlanta Hawks (12-11), which currently has only one player listed, as the Hawks prepare for their matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers (12-10, six injured players) at State Farm Arena on Friday, December 6 at 7:30 PM ET. Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up. In their most recent outing on Wednesday, the Hawks secured a 119-104 win against the Bucks. Jalen Johnson recorded 23 points, 13 rebounds and five assists for the Hawks. The Lakers enter this game on the heels of a 134-93 loss to the Heat on Wednesday. LeBron James’ team-high 29 points paced the Lakers in the loss. Sign up for NBA League Pass to get live and on-demand access to NBA games. Get tickets for any NBA game this season at StubHub. Catch NBA action all season long on Fubo. Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER .

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